Pogrom (horse)
| Pogrom | |
|---|---|
Alec Taylor, Jr. | |
| Record | 12: 7-4-0 |
| Major wins | |
| Epsom Oaks (1922) Coronation Stakes (1922) Newmarket Oaks (1922) | |
Pogrom (1919 – 1933) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. As a two-year-old in 1921 she showed considerable promise by winning four of her six starts. In the following year she was one of the best fillies of her generation as she won the Epsom Oaks, Coronation Stakes and Newmarket Oaks and finished second on three other occasions. She made very little impact as a broodmare and died in 1933.
Background
Pogrom was a bay mare bred in the United Kingdom by her owner
She was one of the best horses sired by Lemberg, whose wins included the
Racing career
1921: two-year-old season
As a two-year-old in 1921,Pogrom won four times from six races.
1922: three-year-old season
Pogrom began her second season by finishing second in the
Pogrom was dropped back in distance for the Coronation Stakes at
After a two-month break, Pogrom was stepped up in trip for the fourteen furlong Newmarket Oaks and finished in a dea heat with Abe Bailey's filly Bessema, to whom she was conceding 17 pounds in weight. Shortly afterwards she reappeared at Lingfield Park but was beaten by her stablemate Leighton Tor.[11] By the end of the season, Pogrom had earned £11,747, making her the fourth biggest prize money winner in Britain that year behind Royal Lancer, Golden Myth and Captain Cuttle.[12]
Assessment and honours
In their book, A Century of Champions, based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Pogrom an "average" winner of the Oaks.[13]
Press reports stated the British three-year-old fillies of 1922 were regarded as an exceptionally strong crop, and that Pogrom was probably the best of them.[14]
Breeding record
At the end of her racing career Pogrom was retired to become a broodmare. She proved difficult to breed from and produced very few foals before being euthanised in 1933.[2] One foal, a chestnut colt named Scatter (foaled 1925, by Hurry On) became a successful breeding stallion in Jamaica.
Pedigree
| Sire Lemberg (GB) 1907 |
Cyllene (GB) 1895 |
Bona Vista | Bend Or |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vista | |||
| Arcadia | Isonomy | ||
| Distant Shore | |||
| Galicia (GB) 1898 |
Galopin | Vedette | |
| Flying Duchess | |||
| Isoletta | Isonomy | ||
| Lady Muncaster | |||
| Dam Popingaol (GB) 1913 |
Dark Ronald (IRE) 1905 |
Bay Ronald (GB) | Hampton |
| Black Duchess | |||
| Darkie (GB) | Thurio | ||
| Insignia | |||
| Popinjay (GB) 1905 |
St Frusquin
|
St Simon
| |
| Isabel | |||
| Chelandry | Goldfinch | ||
| Illuminata (Family 1-n)[3] |
- Pogrom was inbred 4 × 4 to Isonomy, meaning that this stallion appears twice in the fourth generation of her pedigree.
References
- ^ a b "Pogrom pedigree". Equineline.
- ^ ISBN 0-354-08536-0.
- ^ a b "Thoroughbred Bloodlines - Chelandry - Family 1-n". Retrieved 8 October 2014.
- ^ "Notes by Phaeton". The New Zealand Herald. 7 June 1922. p. 5 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "Sporting". The Press. 5 June 1922. p. 10 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "Rider abroad". Truth (Brisbane newspaper). 10 December 1922. p. 9 – via trove.nla.gov.au.
- The Australasian. 19 July 1922. p. 20 – via trove.nla.gov.au.
- ISBN 978-1-873626-15-3.
- The Australasian. 19 August 1921. p. 22 – via trove.nla.gov.au.
- The Australasian. 16 September 1922. p. 22 – via trove.nla.gov.au.
- The Australasian. 2 December 1922. p. 20 – via trove.nla.gov.au.
- ^ "Racing Stakes". The New Zealand Herald. 31 March 1923. p. 12 – via Papers Past.
- ISBN 1-901570-15-0.
- ^ "English Racing". The New Zealand Herald. 17 February 1923. p. 12 – via Papers Past.